Unemployment

Specific Issues, 2012

Funding and adminstration for prevention and detection of unemployment insurance program fraud.

Jobs Creation and Unemployment Issues

Tracking legislation and executive branch implementation of measures related to employment challenges for persons who are blind.

Employment for individuals with disabilities, and legislation pertaining to this.

Youth Employment

Our work here was focussed on helping individuals with disabilities achieve employment through legislation like the Rehab Act which includes the PAIR and CAP programs. Also, working to ensure that employment needs of individuals with a disability are considered in these tough economic times like through federal employment, and other means. Finally working on reauthorization of the PABSS and WIPA programs.

The "Workforce Investment Improvement Act"
The Rehab Act Reauthorization
The "Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act"
Reauthorization of Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Extension of Work Opportunity Tax Credit

reauthorization of Emergency Unemployment Compensation program; administration of UI program

Youth Summer Jobs

Job Creation and Unemployment Issues

American Jobs Act (especially H.R. 12 and the components thereof, and S. 1769) and related Administration initiatives
Balanced approach to deficit reduction that does not include further cuts to nondefense discretionary (NDD) programs, and the impact on NDD programs of sequestration and the Budget Control Act (Public Law No: 112-25)
H.Con.Res. 34 - FY12 Budget Resolution H.R. 3485 and S. 1910 Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act
Holding of Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress in the matter of information requested by Congress of him and the Department of Justice regarding the Fast and Furious program, especially politicization of this pursuit; involvement of Speaker John Boehner and Chairman Darrell Issa; June 7, 2012 hearing mentioned herein; oversight conducted and report recommended (June 20, 2012) by the Committee on Oversight & Government Reform; and debate and vote on H.Res. 711
House Judiciary Committee, June 7, 2012, Oversight of the United States Department of Justice
Implementation of the Buffett Rule (tax plan applying a minimum tax rate of 30 percent to individuals making more than a million dollars a year), especially through the Paying a Fair Share Act (S. 2230)
Tax fairness and safety nets, incl. Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, generally vs. corporate taxation and corporate welfare

No Bill Number - Trade Adjustment Assistance certifications and policies related to state unemployment and worker assistance progroams.

TAACCCT Grant

TAACCCT Grant

Unemployment Insurance: Demonstration projects

Our work here was focussed on helping individuals with disabilities achieve employment through legislation like the Rehab Act which includes the PAIR and CAP programs. Also, working to ensure that employment needs of individuals with a disability are considered in these tough economic times like through federal employment, and other means. Finally working on reauthorization of the PABSS and WIPA programs.

Tracking legislation and executive branch implementation of measures related to employment challenges for persons who are blind.

Balanced approach to deficit reduction that does not include further cuts to nondefense discretionary (NDD) programs, and the impact on NDD programs of sequestration and the Budget Control Act (Public Law No: 112-25), generally Balanced approach to deficit reduction that does not include further cuts to nondefense discretionary (NDD) programs, and the impact on NDD programs of sequestration and the Budget Control Act (Public Law No: 112-25), especially as they relate to the fiscal slope (aka fiscal cliff) scenario concerning both revenue (incl. Bush tax cuts, payroll tax reduction, other expiring tax provisions) and spending (incl. sequestration, Unemployment Insurance extension, Medicare payment rate), and such solutions as the National Security and Job Protection Act (H.R. 6365), the Van Hollen substitute (H.R. 6365 Rules Cmte Amdt 1, favoring the Buffet Rule tax plan applying a minimum tax rate of 30 percent to individuals making more than a million dollars a year, and cuts to unnecessary agriculture and oil subsidies), and the Congressional Progressive Caucus "Deal for All" plan
Balanced approach to deficit reduction that does not include further cuts to nondefense discretionary (NDD) programs, and the impact on NDD programs of sequestration and the Budget Control Act (Public Law No: 112-25), especially as they relate to services and protections provided to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community, incl. medical and scientific research; education and job training; and housing and social services

Unemployment/Payroll extension; Petrochemical loan to Mexico resulting in loss of jobs for american workers in more than 4 cities around the U.S.

Implementation of Social Security Work Incentives provisions dealing with employment for individuals with disabilities.
Efforts to improve administration of SSI and Title II programs affecting people with disabilities.
Reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act. Rebuild America Act.
SSI program as it affects children with disabilities.

NETWORK strongly supports extending federal unemployment benefits for those who are long-term unemployed.

FY13 Authorizations, Appropriations, and Budget Policy

Short Time or Shared Work Compensation; UI solvency legislation; Reauthorization of EUC and EB programs; UI "reforms."

Equal Employment for All Act
H.R. 870 Humphrey Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act

Our work here was focussed on helping individuals with disabilities achieve employment through legislation like the Rehab Act which includes the PAIR and CAP programs. Also, working to ensure that employment needs of individuals with a disability are considered in these tough economic times like through federal employment, and other means. Finally working on reauthorization of the PABSS and WIPA programs.

Eliminate racial disparities in unemployment. Increase unemployment training & assistance. Support an extension of unemployment benefits. Support job creation programs through public works and infrastructure development. Support for comprehensive jobs legislation to address not only the unemployment crisis facing our nation, but also the challenges being faced by states and local municipalities in meeting the basic education, public safety, health care, child care, and public transportation needs of our communities. Work to address the disparities in unemployment, especially the consistently high unemployment rate among African Americans. Support S. 922, the Urban Jobs Act.
Support a Humphrey / Hawkins approach to full employment. Support H.R. 870.
Support the American Jobs Act HR 12 /S 1549
Support provisions to ban discrimination against the long-term unemployed.
Support provisions to provide tax breaks to companies which hire long-term unemployed applicants.
Support an extension of unemployment insurance.
Oppose allowing states to require drug tests as a requirement for collecting unemployment insurance.
Support a long term transportation bill which will:
1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation.
2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color.
3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions.
4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity.
5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development.
Support the inclusion of the Construction Careers Demonstration Program for surface transportation construction projects in the surface transportation reauthorization.

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